Who’s in Johnny Depp’s corner? The celebrities and brands supporting him, from Dior and Universal Pictures to his loyal fans petitioning Disney – and even Amber Heard’s parents?

May 20 , 2022

Penélope Cruz and Helena Bonham Carter have both worked with Johnny Depp professionally – and have stuck with him through hard times. Photos: AFP, Reuters, @helenabonhamcarter_offical/Instagram

Heard’s Aquaman co-star Jason Momoa recently followed Depp on Instagram while Penélope Cruz, JK Rowling, Helena Bonham Carter and Sia have voiced their support amid the court case

Twitter’s #JusticeforJohnnyDepp hashtag is trending, a Change.org petition urging his return to Pirates of the Caribbean has over 800,000 signatures – and even his exes are with him

If there is an actor in Hollywood who knows the feeling of losing “nothing less than everything”, as he put it, it’s Johnny Depp. The industry turned against the Edward Scissorhands star when he lost his libel case against The Sun who wrote him off as a “wife-beater” the same year Amber Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, claiming that she was a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Depp.

Actor Johnny Depp testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse as his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard continues, in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 19. Photo: Reuters

Now, weeks into the US$50 million defamation case against Heard, the tables have turned as Depp has showed evidence of how he was the actual victim of abuse, claiming that he suffered various physical assaults by Heard – including a chopped finger.

Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard for defamation after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”. Photo: AP

More people might be supporting Depp now as his side of the story comes out, but there are those in his life who always believed and spoke up for him even when many turned their backs. Here are the celebrities, brands and fans that stood unwaveringly by him during his troubled times.

Dior

Dior’s name rings with class and elegance, but today it adds one more title to its name: loyalty. While all brands seemed to have let go of Depp after his controversial “wife-beater” title went around, Dior kept its famous brand ambassador and even cast him in their latest Sauvage aftershave ad.

Johnny Depp in a scene from the Dior: Sauvage (2015) commercial. Photo: Dior via IMDB

Fans were quick to praise and compliment the fashion house for staying loyal to Depp and casting him in an attractive light. Dior’s cologne sales even went up thanks to the grateful fans, according to British media. Recently, the hashtag #ThankYouDior has been making the rounds on Twitter.